Name: Has Beens defeat Wanta Bees in annual baseball game, 1961
Start: 1961-05-28
End: 1961-05-28
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-05-28
Kind: Sports
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitysociety
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The annual Beaver Island baseball game on May 28 ended Has Beens 21, Wanta Bees 18.

Evidence and limits

The article gives humorous team descriptions but no player roster.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.
The June 1961 Beaver Beacon reports an annual game at the ball diamond between the over-21 Has Beens and under-21 Wanta Bees. The Has Beens won 21–18. The article gives humorous team descriptions but no player roster.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Has Beens defeat Wanta Bees in annual baseball game, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-annual-baseball-game-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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